Automobile compartment-lid supports



Aug. 10 1926.

N. a. KOOSER 7 AUTOMOBILE COMPARTMENT LID SUPPQRT Filed s t. 29. 1924 FIGURE 1 FIGURE 4 I FIGURE 5 FIGURE 5 INVENTOR ammfi ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

Ubll'l'E In certain forms of motor car especially the coupe type of motor car, ment is provided in the body of which entrance ing normally closed by avertically'sw nging Since this compartment 1s in door or lid.

constant use for carrying packages of various kinds,

the raising and quent occurrence.

Heretofore a at one end to thelid thebody of the car lid in an open position. method, however, necessitates opening the lid a certain fixed distance in order to render the jointed arms operative, and this wide holding the opening of the or desirable especially by a woman or Furthermore fingers between arm, the weight of the lid being sogreat in most cars as to cause the flesh and badly lacerate the same.

It is, therefore. one object of the present invention to provide cally securing the vertically movable lid of the rear compartment of a motor car in any position whereby to overcome hereinbefore set forth.

It is anotherobject of the invention to device of the character desired open the objections provide a that will require fastening device to be lowered.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of the character indicated that and construction, eeonom is simple in for stares ra'rsur OFFICE.

"MORE/IAN B. 'KOQSEB, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMOBILE COMPABTMENT-LID SUPPORTS.

Application filed September 28, 1924. Serial No. 740,591.

ical to manufacture, positive in operation,

a rear compartand highly efficient in its practical applica the car to tion. is effected through an open- In the drawing z- Figure 1 is si elevation of a device em- LLB lie-dying my inwntion in operative-position on a car.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of'a portion of the device shownin'Figure 1.

. Figure 3 is a plan view of-the parts shown in Figure 2.

Figure t is an enlarged end view of another portion of the device including the operating lever. v

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 4:.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 show at 1 an outline of a portion of the rear part of an automobile body of the coupe type, the lid being indicated at 2 and hinged to the body portion at 3.

In effecting my invention I provide a ratchet bar a pivotally connected at one end to the lid 2 as indicated at 5, the ratchet edge of thebar preferably being directed rearwardly of the car as shown.

At 6 I show a combination housing, guide and bearing member fixedly mounted upon the side of body 1 and provided with a vertical slot 7 through'v-fhich the ratchet bar 4- passes, the rear edge 9 of the ratchet bar engaging the edge 8 of the guide member 6.

At 11 is a pin carried by member 6 and upon which is pivotally mounted a dog 10, the dog 10 engaging the ratchet edge of bar 4 and having an upwardly and rearwardly extending arm 12 as shown, the housing forming a support for the dog 10.

Pin 11 has a slot formed in its outer end into which is slipped the inner end of coiled spring 13 as shown at 1 this end being securely held by mutilating the end of the pin. The spring itself is mounted on pin 11 and its outer end is secured to arm 12 by a screw 15, the tendency of the spring being to throw the arm 12 forwardly in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the dog 10 into engagement with bar 4:.

On the outer end of arm 12 is pivotally mounted an element 16 as at 17, this element having a hole formed therein at 18 to receive a wire 19, the said wire being secured tools, parcels, and it follows that lowering of the lid is of freof jointed arms pivoted and at the other end to have been provided for That pair lid is not always convenient when the lid is raised child.

there are many times when secure the lid in a for instance, other perishable matter I the rear compartment frequent occurrence arm or hand Also, serious injuries by the pinching of the the two parts of the jointed the arms to cut through a means for automatiindicated the manual operation of a beforethe lid is permitted 10o in position by set screw 20. This element may be fixed at any angle to arm 12 so that the pull of Wire 19 will be straight and consequently bending and breaking of the wire is obviated.

The wire 19 passes through a conduit 21 to a pin 22 pivotally mounted on a link 23 which is in turn pivotally connected to a lever 24 mounted at 25 upon a bracket 25 mounted upon the exterior of the car in any suitable and convenient position.

It may now be readily seen that as the lid 2 is raised the bar l slides upwardly but is in constant contact with edge 8, the point of the dog 10 clicking over the several ratchet teeth. It the lid is released at any point it is positively and securely held in that position through the positive engagement of the dog with the bar l, and the positive engagement of bar 4; with edge 8.

To lower the lid, it is raised slightly and lever 24 moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, this action withdrawing dog 10 from bar 4. Upon releasing lever 2%, the spring 13 automatically throws the dog 10 forwardly to engage bar l. This device eliminates accidental closing of the lid with possible accidental injury to the operator.

It is to be understood that while I have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of the invention, changes in form, construction, and method of operation may be made within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim The combination with an automobile body having a vertically swinging lid hingedly mounted thereon, of an element mounted upon the inner side portion of the body and having a vertical slot formed therethrough, a ratchet bar pivotally mounted upon the underside of the said lid and engaging said slot; a pin mounted on said element, a pawl mounted on the pin to engage said ratchet bar and carrying an upturned arm, a spring mounted on said pin and engaging said arm whereby to normally throw said pawl into engagement with said ratchet bar, and means for disengaging the pawl from the ratchet bar against the tension of said sprin NORMAN B. Koosnn 

